Files & File Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #20 7/12/2017 | 11m 42sVideo has Closed Captions| CC Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files.

Community and Support: Consider the support and community backing a file system enjoys before making your decision. Case Studies/Real-World Examples Explore real-world scenarios that depict the ...

For example, saying "There are two file systems on my hard drive" doesn't mean the drive is split between NTFS and FAT, but that there are two separate partitions that use the same physical disk.

Meanwhile, Unix-like file systems – including Linux – are implemented in different ways from Windows, and can vary between the numerous flavours (you can change open files in Linux, for example).

A filesystem is a way that an operating system organizes files on a disk. These filesystems come in many different flavors depending on your specific needs. For Windows, you have the NTFS, FAT ...

FUSE has its limitations, however. File system access performs less well than with native kernel support, for example. On the other hand it offers vast flexibility in storage options.